April 2, 1945 -
While conducting night maneuvers near Okinawa, the USS Franks
(DD-554), collides with USS New Jersey.

April 2, 1984 -
USS New Jersey departed the Beirut Operations Area and proceeded
to Naples, Italy. During the preceding 191 days, she spent 178
days on station in the Eastern Mediterranean with a condition of
readiness III or higher.

April 3, 1969 -
Her Vietnam tour complete, USS New Jersey departed Subic Bay
enroute to Yokosuka, Japan for a two-day visit, sailing for home
on April 9th. Her homecoming was delayed when on April 15th,
while USS New Jersey was still at sea, North Korean jet fighters
shot down an unarmed EC-121 "Constellation" electronic
surveillance plane over the Sea of Japan, killing its entire
crew. A carrier task force was formed and sent to the Sea of
Japan and USS New Jersey was ordered to return to Japan,
arriving back at Yokosuka on April 22nd. She immediately put to
sea in readiness for what might befall, but as the crisis
lessened, she was released to continue her voyage home.

April 6, 1968 -
USS New Jersey's third career began when she was recommissioned
at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Captain J. Edward Snyder in
command. She was fitted with improved electronics and a
helicopter landing pad and with her 40-millimeter guns removed,
she was tailored for use as a heavy bombardment ship.

April 16, 1951 -
USS New Jersey sails from Norfolk to make her third transit
through the Panama Canal enroute to Korea for her first tour of
duty there.

April 23, 1953 -
At Songjin, USS New Jersey scored six direct 16-inch hits on a
railroad tunnel and knocked out two rail bridges.

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perfect gift for that
Battleship Sailor
on your Shopping list, click Here.

Personalize a Brick and Help Support the Battleship
Give a truly unique gift to a family member, friend
oreven yourself - and help the Battleship!
Purchase
a personalized brick to be placed on the Battleship's
Memorial Pier! Personalized bricks are available for
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replica
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personalized brick, call (866) 877-6262 ext. 127,
or visitbattleshipnewjersey.org.For an Order
Form you can print and return click Here.

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a bottle of Wine and Support the Battleship Battleship
Red and White Wines are getting rave reviews! Grown, produced and
bottled at Auburn Road Vineyards, they compliment any meal. Plus a
portion of each bottle sold goes directly to the ongoing maintenance and
preservation of the Battleship! Battleship Wine can be purchased
at Joe Canal's on Route 45 in West Deptford,
NJ, Canal's in Mt. Ephraim,
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The
USS New Jersey is open for tours,
for
information
about visiting click Here.

To see photos taken at the ships
Grand Opening
Celebration on October 15, 2001
clickHere.

For information on upcoming events
onboard the USS New Jersey click Here.

Interested
in Volunteering onboard?
For Information
on joining the Crew click Here.

To see photos taken at
the Smithsonian's
Air & Space Museum Annex click Here.

Big J's Volunteers were awarded the 2003
Governor’s Award for “Mobilization of Volunteers."
To date over
650,000
volunteer hours have been logged for tours, renovation and maintenance
work. Bravo Zulu to the crew, keep up the good work!

To see photos taken during my visit
onboard the
Heavy Cruiser USS Des Moines (CA-134) during a
parts raid before she was scrapped click Here.

The Jerseyman
is a quarterly online Ships
Newspaper
written and produced by
the volunteer crew and staff
of the Battleship New Jersey, along with input from
our readers.To read
thecurrent orpast
issues ofThe Jerseyman click Here.

*
* Current
Status and General Information about the Ship * *

Welcome to the
Online Home Port of the Battleship New Jersey. The USS New Jersey completed her Final Voyage
home from Bremerton, WA to the former Philadelphia Naval
Ship Yard, arriving appropriately enough, on Veteran's Day 1999.
The Navy's decision of where to permanently berth the Battleship was announced on January
20, 2000, and the winner was... Camden!!!
On July 27, 2000 she was
moved to the South Jersey Port Corporation's Beckett Street Terminal, where she
remained for about 2 weeks. While there she was opened to the public
for Deck Tours on August 9th & 10th, and drew an estimated 11,000
visitors. She was moved again on August 15, 2000 to
another dock, the Broadway Terminal, where she underwent a
year long, $7.3 Million restoration. Finally, on September 23, 2001
she was moved to her new permanent home on the Camden waterfront. She was officially opened to the public for tours on October 15, 2001.

This site contains lots of information about the USS New Jersey, the Navy's most
decorated Battleship, including the Ships History, Battle Record, and Iowa Class
Statistics. It also contains information about how you can
help with her ongoing restoration and operation and also fund the construction of a permanent
onshore museum. If you are a New Jersey Resident there are several easy ways you can
help and there are also other ways everyone can help. I myself belong to the the Home
Port Alliance, they are the organization that currently has control
of the ship and have opened her as a Museum
on the Delaware River. Another organization that worked a long time
to bring Big J home is the Battleship New Jersey Historical Society.
These two
organizations worked hard to bring the Navy's most decorated
warship home to the state she was named for, and I'm proud to be a small part of their
efforts.

If you're interested in reviewing Photos
and entries from a Daily Journal kept during the ships final trip home, click on the Final
Voyage button. The Photo Gallery contains
photos taken during the ships 4 different active duty periods and an
extensive collection of pictures chronicling her final voyage home to New
Jersey. It also contains hundreds of photos taken by me over the
past 13+ years showing the ships complete restoration, grand opening to the
public and ongoing operations. If you want to see a picture of a
certain area of the ship, chances are you'll find it in the Photo Gallery,
and if not, send me an e-mail
and describe the area, and I'll take some for you the next time I'm
onboard.

Feel free to send me any Comments or Suggestions
you may have about this site, I value your input. If you're interested in visiting
websites for other Battleships, other Warships or Naval related sites be sure to check out
the extensive Related Links list I compiled while researching for
this site. The list contains links to sites for well over 400 warships and
many other Navy related sites.

I encourage you to get involved and help this great cause if you can. You can join the Home Port Alliance for as little as
$45.00 per year or you can help in numerous other
ways. For more information about how you can help, click on the You Can Help button. Even purchasing items from
the Home Port Alliance's Ship's Store helps the cause, and the Hats, Shirts and other
items there are very nice. Buy an official USS New Jersey Hat, a T-Shirt or a Golf
Shirt and wear it with pride knowing a portion of its purchase price went to
help restore and maintain the Battleship. I thank you in advance for any help you can provide to
this effort. Don't forget to stop by and sign the Ships
Log before you leave. There are hundreds of entries in the
Ships Log, many are from former crewmen looking for old shipmates. Check out the
Log Entries and see if you can hook up with an old buddy.
If you too are trying to get in touch with old shipmates, click on the Crew
Info button for some helpful hints to get you started on your way.

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Last updated on April 03, 2012.